CarClub 18-30

A trip to Lancaster Insurance's Classic Car Show at the NEC this month leads me to the conclusion that happiness is a little old car. Little because they fit in the garage, don't (usually) shout about...

Most low-rent petrolheads, including the scruffy ensemble we find hunched over the classifieds at MotorPunk HQ, all wish that they could predict which affordable modern classics of today are likely to become...

As soon as the Mini broke cover in 1959, dozens of enterprising tuning and coachbuilding companies swang into action to satisfy the whims and desires of the most discerning customers. Those that wanted to...

As it reaches 30 years old, with production ending in 1984, car club 18-30 says goodbye to a rare and fascinating machine that really deserves a bigger audience; The Renault Alpine A310. The A310 sits...

Here at MotorPunk HQ we’re not big fans of city dwelling 4x4s. We repeatedly find that urbane “off-roaders” (bedecked with snorkels, Kevlar sump guards and festooned with Cibies) tend to be favoured by...

What do you do when your camera car hasn’t got the poke to keep up with its subject? The answer, as all Lotus disciples will tell you, is to start adding lightness. Based in Mainz-Kostheim on the banks of...

I met a chap at Goodwood a few years back, a senior Engineer for the most prestigious of British marques, and over a cuppa and natter about our backgrounds I asked what car he actually owns himself. I...

1979 was an otherwise unremarkable year for car design. European car of the year was the Chrysler Horizon, a car so dull we had to google to remember what it was. Fortunately, to offset such motoring tedium,...

When I was about 11 I joined the 22nd Leicestershire Boys Brigade; yes, that pint-sized militant wing of the Methodist church that dressed like the Thunderbirds in darker hues of blue. I partly did it because...